Bachelor of Science in Comprehensive Medical Imaging with Emphasis in Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Learning Outcomes

The program preparescompetent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for the abdominal-extended and obstetrics and gynecology sonography concentrations.

To accomplish this goal, our program provides students with extensive didactic and clinical training in the areas of ultrasound physics and instrumentation, abdominal, small part, gynecologic, obstetric, and basic vascular sonographic imaging. The coursework includes thorough evaluation of human anatomy, physiology, pathology, and sonographic findings. Focus is placed on educating students in standards-based practices of sonographic examinations.

Students develop professionalism, communication skills, and leadership qualities through realistic laboratory simulations, project-based research projects, presentations, and in over 1600 hours of clinical experience in the real-world imaging environment.

These opportunities develop the student’s ability to:

• Provide basic patient care and comfort to all patients.
• Employ professional judgement and communication.
• Demonstrate competence in the use of acoustic physics principles, Doppler ultrasound principles, and ultrasound instrumentation through proper equipment operation and transducer selection.
• Evaluate the interaction between ultrasound and tissue and the probability of biological effects in clinical examinations.
• Produce and assess ultrasonographic images of normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology.
• Identify, document and develop differential diagnosis of abnormal sonographic and Doppler patterns.